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Working with diverse families can be challenging because not knowing the unknown without hurting the other person's feeling or the family. A goal to be set as an early childhood professional would be have a family from a different culture bring one of their favorite dish to share with the other families. Another one is have a big paper tree be placed in each classroom have the families add one thing about their culture that no one does not know. Each family would do that so something new is added to the tree. This will let the children know, everyone is different, but we all are the same. It starts from the family with diversity and continues with the providers. All good teaching begins with a
respect for children, their innate curiosity
and capacity to learn. Curriculum
should be rooted in children’s
needs and experiences.
Another 8 weeks with supportive colleagues and a professor. I wish you all the best in your endeavors. I hope to see some of you in the next following classes. Thank you for all the comments, criticisms, and support.
Dr. Horton,
Thank you for another 8 weeks. I appreciate the support, comments and criticisms to help me grow as a writer and individual. I hope to have you again as a professor in my future classes.
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Maria,
ReplyDeleteI LOVE your tree idea!!!!That's a great way of getting parents involved and feeling a sense of belonging in the classroom. I really want to hear how it goes in your classroom!
Maria,
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you mentioned good teaching begins with respect for children. I think so many people fail to truly respect children in the way that they deserve. And every child does need to be included, regardless of their circumstance. Your tree idea is awesome!! I hope that you can implement it in the near future.